IRVINE, Calif. – Aug. 29, 2008 – Idaho reported 936 properties with foreclosure filings in July, a 41 percent increase from the previous month, and 121 percent ahead of the level reported for July 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac® U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.

RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of foreclosure and bank-owned properties, with over 1.5 million properties from over 2,200 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and The Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal.

“Idaho’s jobless rate jumped three-tenths of a percentage point in July to 4.1 percent,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “Idaho’s June-to-July unemployment figures were the largest on record. Rising unemployment in Idaho is fueling the increase in foreclosure filings.”

One in every 658 Idaho households received a foreclosure filing during the month, ranking 15th among the 50 states.

AdaCounty tops in foreclosure activity for July

AdaCounty led the state reporting 363 properties with foreclosure filings. Second highest total was in CanyonCounty, reporting 278 properties with foreclosure filings. KootenaiCounty registered the third highest total, reporting 110 properties with foreclosure filings. BannockCounty came in fourth, reporting 31 properties with foreclosure filings for the month.

CanyonCounty posts state’s highest foreclosure rate in July

With one in every 229 households receiving a foreclosure filing in July — 2.9 times the state average and 2.0 times the national average — Canyon County posted the highest county foreclosure rate in the state for the month. Second highest rate was in AdaCounty, where one in every 410 households received a foreclosure filing — 1.6 times the state average and 1.2 times the national average. WashingtonCounty had the third highest rate, with one in every 427 households receiving a foreclosure filing — 1.5 times the state average and 1.1 times the national average. Fourth highest rate was in KootenaiCounty, where one in every 520 households received a foreclosure filing during the month.

State a minor contributor to the nation’s foreclosure total in July

Idaho accounted for less than 1 percent of the 272,171 properties with foreclosure filings reported nationwide in July. The national total represents an increase of almost 8 percent from the previous month and is 55 percent ahead of the total reported for July 2007. One in every 464 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month.

Report methodology

The RealtyTrac Monthly U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing reported during the month — broken out by type of filing at the county, state and national level. RealtyTrac’s report incorporates documents filed in all three phases of foreclosure: Default— Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Auction— Notice of Trustee Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank). If more than one foreclosure document is filed against a property during the month — which is extremely rare — only the most recent filing is counted in the report. The report also checks if the same type of document was filed against a property in a previous month. If so, and if that previous filing occurred within the estimated foreclosure timeframe for the state the property is in, the report does not count the property in the current month.

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Founded in 1996, RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of pre-foreclosure, foreclosure, For Sale By Owner, resale and new homes, with more than 1.3 million properties across the country, property reports, productivity tools and extensive professional resources. RealtyTrac hosts nearly 3 million unique visitors monthly and has been chosen to supply foreclosure data to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate and the Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate Journal. For more information, visit (www.realtytrac.com).

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